Sony PSP sends kid to hospital with leg burns -- that'll teach him to play it in school

Post by **froggyboy604** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:20 am

A Michigan Middle School student learned the hard way about bringing video games to school when his PSP battery overheated in his pocket during band practice, sending him to the hospital with leg burns. Apparently students are allowed to bring the systems to school as long as they don't play them during school hours -- a policy which we're sure the children follow to the letter. There's no word from Sony on the incident yet, or whether the kid was using a shady third party battery inside the system.

Source:: http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/06/sony ... l-teach-h/

Sounds painful

Gaming24/7 · Post by **Gaming24/7** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:53 pm

Should of not takken it to school.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:07 pm

Yup, or use one of those metal psp cases for his PSP while putting it in his pocket.

Kaitou_Ichimaru · Post by **Kaitou_Ichimaru** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:01 pm

XD my PSP never catches on fire because my hands are liquid nitrogen cold

Hikari · Post by **Hikari** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:08 pm

Must've been using a dodgy third party battery.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:06 am

Yeah, some of those generic batteries can be kind of fragile. Though, I heard a few sony laptop batteries caught on fire.

I bet he probably forgot to turn it off and the heat from the psp being in his pocket made the battry overheat.

XtC · Post by **XtC** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:57 pm

Cant he sue sony now?